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Wood Fence.

No. 63,290. Patented March 26, 1867.

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A. W. OLDS, @F OAK, MICHIGAN. Letters Patent No. 63,290, dated .Zifm'ch 26, 1867,

IMPROVEMENT IN FIELD FENCE.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, A. W. OLDS, of Green Oak, in the county of Livingston, and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Field Fence; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and complete description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making apart of this specification, in which- Figure list an end'view of the fence.

Figure 2, a side view of the same.

Figure 3, a top view.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the several views,

A, fig. 1, are the fence posts or stakes, and which may be either driven into the ground or secured to the base-board B; C are side braces, the lower ends of which may be either pinned to the base-board or driven into the ground; D are the rails, which may be less or more In number as the height of the fence may require, and which are the ordinary split rails in common use. The ends of these rails are so shaped as to fit between the posts, which, it will be seen, are not vertical and parallel to each other, but are closer together at the bottom than they are at the top, and between which the ends of the rails are placed upon each other and made to lap over, as shown infig. 2. The upper ends of the posts are then bound together by a tie, E, fig. 3, which may be a band of wire, a wooden yoke, or any other suitable means. By thus having the posts so set as to be closer at the bottom than at the top, it will be evident that the rails will he held tighter by thus being made to wedge downward upon each other than they would be if placed between posts made parallel to each other; hence, by this arrangement, is obtained a stronger locking for the fence, which cannot be thrown down or displaced by any ordinary means. On referring to the drawing it will be seen that the side braces are not placed so as to cross each other at the same point, but are placed one on each side of the posts, and projected through the rails one above the other, as shown in fig. 1. By this disposition of the braces the rails between which they are projected are brought closer together than they could he were they crossed together between them; hence, is avoided a wide gap between the rails, and, thereby secured a more uniform character to the fence, It also makes the bracing oi the fence much stronger, as one brace is near the top, and another near the centre, thusbracing the fence at diilerent points with a longand short brace, alternating through the entire length of fencing This i'ence can be constructed entirely of the ordinary rails without nails or pins, and with a less number; of rails than can be laid up to make a common worm fence; hence this fence is cheaper, is much neater in appearance, and is stronger and more durable,

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-:

Thcposts or stakes A A, base B, in combination with the braces C C, and tie E when arranged in relation to each other, arid the rails D, as and for the purpose set'forth.

' A. W. OLDS.

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